Chelophyes appendiculata (Eschscholtz, 1829)

OLIVEIRA, OTTO M. P., MIRANDA, THAÍS P., ARAUJO, ENILMA M., AYÓN, PATRICIA, CEDEÑO-POSSO, CRISTINA M., CEPEDA-MERCADO, AMANCAY A., CÓRDOVA, PABLO, CUNHA, AMANDA F., GENZANO, GABRIEL N., HADDAD, MARIA ANGÉLICA, MIANZAN, HERMES W., MIGOTTO, ALVARO E., MIRANDA, LUCÍLIA S., MORANDINI, ANDRÉ C., NAGATA, RENATO M., NASCIMENTO, KARINE B., JÚNIOR, MIODELI NOGUEIRA, PALMA, SERGIO, QUIÑONES, JAVIER, RODRIGUEZ, CAROLINA S., SCARABINO, FABRIZIO, SCHIARITI, AGUSTÍN, STAMPAR, SÉRGIO N., TRONOLONE, VALQUÍRIA B. & MARQUES, ANTONIO C., 2016, Census of Cnidaria (Medusozoa) and Ctenophora from South American marine waters, Zootaxa 4194 (1), pp. 1-256 : 181

Chelophyes appendiculata (Eschscholtz, 1829)

Synonyms in the area: Diphyes sieboldi —Leloup 1934; Eudoxia russelli —Leloup 1934; Chelophyes contorta —Alvariño 1981; Araujo, 2006; Chelophyes eppendiculata —Abreu & Nogueira 1989 [incorrect subsequent spelling]; Chellophyes appendiculata —Nogueira & Oliveira 1991 [incorrect subsequent spelling]; Chalophyes appendiculata —Nogueira & Oliveira 1991 [incorrect subsequent spelling].

Distribution in South America: Pacific Ocean, Colombia from 7°N to 1°N (Alvariño 1976, Cely & Chiquillo 1993), Peru, from 6°S to 8°S (IMARPE database), Chile, from 33ºS to 48.959°S (Leloup 1932, Palma 1973, 1977, 1985; Palma et al. 1999, 2014a; Palma & Silva 2006); Atlantic Ocean, Colombia, at 10°N 75°W in Cartagena Bay (Moncaleano & Niño 1976), from 17°N to 11°N (Giraldo & Villalobos 1983), Brazil to Argentina, from 0º to 56ºS (Leloup 1932, 1934; Alvariño 1968, 1971, 1981; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Nogueira & Oliveira 1991; Dias 1994; Pugh 1999; Migotto et al. 2002; Araujo 2006, 2012; Araujo et al. 2010; Silveira & Morandini 2011; Bonecker et al. 2014).

Habitat: neritic and oceanic species. Epi- and mesopelagic. One of the most common and abundant siphonophores in all seas, found in tropical, subtropical and temperate waters (Alvariño 1971; Abreu & Nogueira 1989; Cordeiro & Montú 1991; Nogueira & Oliveira 1991; Pagès & Gili 1992; Pugh & Gasca 2009; Araujo 2012; Bonecker et al. 2014).